Fragments by We Will Intersect
OUI029: We Will Intersect / Fragments
Australian improvisational “supergroup” We Will Intersect are proud to release Fragments, the follow up to their 2023 self-titled album. Fragments features the quartet’s trademark electro-acoustic post-jazz improvisation, and masterful editing and production in a concise four-track release.
We Will Intersect is co-led by Adrian Lim-Klumpes, celebrated Australian pianist and mastermind behind some of Australia’s most original instrumental groups Triosk and Tangents, as well sensational young Australian trumpeter and sound artist Nick Calligeros (Microfiche, SOFT SPOT). Co-leaders Adrian and Nick met 16 years earlier as music tutor and student, respectively, and have gone on to forge a strong musical relationship including this group. The group also features both drummer & producer Nick Meredith (KCIN), who from a single drum rigged up to his laptop, is able to achieve an entire palette of otherworldly sounds, and versatile jazz drummer Miles Thomas.
The four tracks of Fragments are short excerpts cut from an extended hour-long recorded improvisation that leads the listener through a masterfully constructed journey traversing multiple sound-worlds towards a cathartic conclusion.
Lim-Klumpes and Calligeros creatively edited each excerpt, constructing four distinctive and captivating sound-worlds. The first three tracks feature relatively restrained, experimentally-tinged soundscapes scattered with electronics and treated instruments, while the final track centres round a raw and impassioned trumpet solo over highly-compressed and gated drums and a ghostly piano track.
Nick says: “This new record highlights the development of the group’s sound, not only in terms of strengthening ideas around group improvisation, but in terms of our post-production. The sound-worlds feel richer due to the additional creative editing and processing we experimented with on this record.”
Tracklist
| 1. | Fragment I | 4:34 |
| 2. | Fragment II | 6:33 |
| 3. | Fragment III | 3:35 |
| 4. | Fragment IV | 5:30 |
Credits
Adrian Lim-Klumpes: piano, composition, editing
Nick Calligeros: trumpet, live electronics, editing
Nicholas Meredith: percussion, live electronics
Miles Thomas: drums
